Saturday, May 14, 2011

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, host of the weekend show Fareed Zakaria GPS and editor-at-large for Time magazine, admitted on CNN Thursday that he has been advising President Obama on foreign policy matters.
Eliot Spitzer, host of CNN’s In the Arena, brought up the fact at the very end of a conversation with Zakaria about Pakistan and foreign policy. Zakaria affirmed it and clarified that “mostly it’s been face-to-face meetings…organized by Tom Donilon, the national security advisor.”

Spitzer brought up the subject by telling Zakaria that “I read something in the paper this week…It said the President of the United States calls you for wisdom and advice about issues around the world.”
After verifying that, Zakaria quickly changed the subject to praising Obama’s approach to foreign policy. “It’s been a very thoughtful conversation,” he mused. “You know, we’ll see where it goes."Read the entire article

The UNTHINKABLE has happened. U.S. government debt has lost its sterling AAA credit rating! Like Greece, Iceland, and Dubai, the runaway spending from our Washington, D.C., politicians has caught up with us.

The good news is that the downgrade has come from upstart rating agency China-based Dagong International Credit Rating. The bad news is that Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, and Fitch are almost certain to follow, and that will mean disaster for the dollar as well as dollar-denominated assets.

The head of China’s largest credit rating agency has slammed his western counterparts for causing the global financial crisis and said that as the world’s largest creditor nation China should have a bigger say in how governments and their debt are rated.

“The western rating agencies are politicised and highly ideological and they do not adhere to objective standards,” Guan Jianzhong, chairman of Dagong Global Credit Rating, told the Financial Times in an interview.

Only months before the announcement by the chinese agency, Timothy Geithner confidently stated that the U.S. Government "will never" lose its AAA credit rating, despite its increasing annual budgets, and a massive national debt of $14 trillion.The White House chose to ignore the announcement by Dagong International, while it sold the American Boob-tube watchers its "summer of recovery" propaganda.

Of course in April of this year, S&P came with the announcement that it was putting the U.S. AAA credit rating on "negative watch", giving the U.S. Government a warning to cut spending within the next two years, or face a possible downgrade in its credit rating.

To this announcement, geithner then came out once again to defend the monetary policy of the government and its partner in crime, the Federal Reserve.

When asked if the debt ceiling would be raised again, Geithner stated:

“That’s the judgment Congress has to make and it’s just about how often they want to vote for this. We are the only country in the world that does this; the debt limit that is authorized is just to give us the chance to borrow to finance commitments Congress has already made. There is no reason Congress won’t raise it, they always raise it. They have to decide how often they want to raise it. There is no reason why they have to put their members through the torture of having to do it frequently.”

We are the only country that does this because we are hold world reserve currency status. When geithner was asked how much the debt ceiling would be raised he stated:

“If it were up to me, knowing you want the world to know that our commitment will never be in question, you would do it for as long as possible. Even under Paul Ryan’s budget plan, you would have to raise the debt limit by 2 trillion dollars to get through this.”

My prediction on what the ceiling will be raised to was between $16 -20 trillion this time. I believe this will be done to put off the next raise until after the coming elections in 2012.

Well, with all of that said, will austerity measures come to America? You can almost assuredly count on it.
Once again Americans will be called upon by the criminal Banksters and co-conspirators in the White House to obediently surrender our paychecks, retirement savings, and our freedom and dignity in order to save the empire, (which really means becoming slaves to globalism and a global New World Order.)

"S&P's aim plainly was political. US politicians must agree on a policy to reduce the deficit. This must involve cutting spending, reducing entitlements and raising taxes. Who exactly bears the brunt of these remedies is a political question, not an economic one. No politician wants to be responsible for such things, so it is no surprise that they avoid the problem."

Also noted in the article "IMF Austerity Is Headed to America – Watch Out!" is the fact that the western power elites are promoting a larger fear based form of hysteria among the American people in a 'problem- reaction - solution' scenerio saying:

One needs a problem in order to provide a solution. And the move is on, most obviously, to create ever-closer global governance and perhaps an alternative currency. Modern central banking has done its work, throwing Western economies into confusion and disarray. Europe is already suffering from IMF-style austerity tactics and Britain is implementing them now. The US is next on the list.

The article goes on to say:

IMF provisions featuring privatization, tax hikes and public sector "austerity" are designed in my view to provoke the very public anger that Western elites are counting on to fuel a conversation about yet MORE centralization and MORE governmental control – of a "transparent" and "disciplined" type. The conversation is constantly to be focused on "better" government, not less of it. We can see the problem coming into focus now for the US, and the solution shall not be far behind. Expect the same sort of civil unrest that is currently afflicting Europe to visit the US if this conversation continues to be pushed along its current track.

While our credit rating is being downgraded and our economy goes further into crisis mode, Obama and his administration have entertained the masses with a dubious copy of his recently found long form birth certificate, and the announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden. Both announcements of course have many holes and conflicts within themselves, but nevertheless achieve what the White House intended them for - distractions from the real crisis coming at us in the form of economic meltdown.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Peter schiff likens quantitative easing, not to a crutch as some would compare it, but to that more likely as a form of life support for the American phony Fiat economy. He states that if the Federal Reserve now decides end the quantitative easing, it's equivalent to pulling the plug on the life support of our economy .

Peter believes this is exactly why the Fed will continue to print more fiat currency.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Peter Schiff argues that the Republican Party needs to stand strong and refuse to raise the Debt Ceiling, forcing congress to restructure its debt. He argues that not raising the debt doesn't mean we have to default, as long as we cut spending. He doubts, however, that the Republicans will be reponsible enough to do so.

On Sunday, May 1, 2011, in the late hours, news stations across America carried Barack Hussein Obama's address to the world, announcing that Osama bin Laden had been taken down.

Initial reports were sketchy, and in the following days it became apparent that early reports were riddled with inaccuracies and inconsistencies.

Americans, lied to too many times, began to doubt the very veracity of reports that bin Laden was killed at "his compound" in Pakistan, not far distant from a prestigious Pakistani military academy.

To which the talking heads trotted out government mouth pieces hailing, "believe me, he's dead … I've seen the pictures, he's dead." Always the witting and willing dupes, the mainstream media has played their part.

Inconsistencies began to emerge –

1. DNA tests, the results of which were known in a matter of hours, proved it was Osama. Unless the CIA and military have access to DNA tests that the rest of the populace does not, it takes more than a few hours for a DNA match to be made.

2. No one heard two Black Hawk and two Chinook helicopters fly in. Even with radar evading "stealth" technology, this claim is hard to believe.

3. No one heard a very loud explosion (the downed Black Hawk being blown up) or the large caliber gunfire emanating from the compound as SEAL Team 6 supposedly made its way to the room where Osama was cloistered with at least one of his wives.

4. Osama's remains were wrapped in a blanket, put on a Chinook, flown to a ship (supposedly the USS Carl Vinson) and buried "in Islamic tradition" at sea. Burial within 24 hours of death is an Islamic tradition but that doesn't extend to burial at sea. Obama claimed this was done because no country wanted bin Laden buried there. From Pakistani outrage, at having their country invaded by Americans, that does not seem to be the case. All across the Middle East, demonstrations have condemned the act while glorifying bin Laden.

5. No pictures of the dead Osama will be released. Imagine that? Concrete evidence that he's dead, was killed on May 1, 2011, and Obama is going to withhold those pictures. Instead, Obama has seen fit to release five videos, supposedly taken from the bin Laden compound by SEAL Team six, one showing what is supposedly bin Laden watching videos of himself. A BBC report, from Abbottabad, says the man seen watching the videos is not Osama.

6. Obama claims that SEAL Team 6 garnered important information in items seized from the compound in a 40-minute raid (in which 25 minutes was mysteriously blacked out, including the actually killing of the 'target') that required the team to blast their way to the inner sanctum of Osama's hide out (can you say 'time consuming'?). Yet Americas will not see any of that information in the interests of "national security."

In other words, anything that would prove to the American people that Osama was actually in the compound, was actually the individual killed, is being withheld. In the absence of that proof, the news media, hanging on every word Obama utters as though he were some god, has been deluging the public with a huge volume of noise that never asks the obvious questions. The gullible are eating it up and celebrating in the streets. Those not so gullible are looking at the obvious inconsistencies and asking a lot of questions. At the top of that list of questions are – where are the pictures? and how many times has Obama lied to us with the complicit mainstream media heralding his cause?

The "spontaneous" groups shown celebrating bin Laden's supposed death in Times Square, about the time that Obama made his speech, rather made the statement that there was nothing spontaneous about any of this. What, these folks already had their neatly printed signs made all these years, ready to head for Times Square at the drop of a hat? Seems logical, no?

And, of course, all this came smack on the heels of the release of the second forged Obama birth certificate as Obama jumped through hoops trying to silence Donald Trump's questions about his eligibility to the office of president and the mainstream media's inability to shut Trump up. I used to have respect for Bob Schieffer of Face the Nation. But his comment to Katie Couric, on the CBS Evening News, on April 28, 2011, that Trump's questions about Obama's sealed education records bordered on racism sent that respect right down the drain. Just exactly how did Obama, with his less than stellar grades, get into two Ivy league schools?

While the news media has tried, desperately, to tie Obama's birth certificate to his eligibility to the office of president, the American people are slowly coming to the realization that the problem isn't Obama's birth certificate, at all; the problem is the fact that his father, at the time of his birth, was a British subject. That, as such, Obama never was eligible to the office of president under Article II, Section 1, Clause 5, United States Constitution requiring he be "natural born" defined as American parents and born on American soil. The Founding Fathers realized the futility of even a dual citizen being eligible who might have allegiances to other countries.

A lawsuit has been filed against the Vatican on behalf of the mother of a victim of sexual abuse by an imprisoned Chicago priest.

Attorney Jeff Anderson stated that the lawsuit, filed on behalf of a woman whose son was molested by Father Daniel McCormack, is an attempt to "hold those most responsible for the global problem and the problem in this community to account in a way they have never been." Suntimes.com

Announcing the suit at a news conference in Chicago, Anderson said he had sufficient evidence to hold Pope Benedict XVI and his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, accountable for enabling McCormack's long pattern of child sex abuse. macon.com

The lawsuit alleges the Vatican engaged in a criminal conspiracy to cover up the abuse McCormack perpetrated on the innocent boy. News.gather.com

The suit additionally alleges that the Vatican is preventing the release of documents by the Archdiocese of Chicago. News.gather.com

McCormack pleaded guilty in 2007 to sexually abusing five children and was sentenced to five years in prison. He's been accused of abusing more than 20 children. Suntimes.com

In 2008, the Archdiocese of Chicago agreed to pay $12.6 million to 16 victims of sexual abuse by priests, including McCormack. Missoulian.com

To win his case, Anderson must prove an exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, which limits the circumstances under which sovereign nations may be sued in U.S. courts, federal or state. macon.com

Jeffrey Lena, counsel to the Holy See in the U.S., has argued that U.S. courts can claim jurisdiction only if the foreign government - in this case, the Vatican - is directly responsible for inflicting harm. macon.com

Iran's intelligence minister says the country has reliable information that former head of the al-Qaeda terrorist group Osama bin Laden died of disease some time ago.

“We have accurate information that bin Laden died of illness some time ago,” Heidar Moslehi told reporters on the sidelines of a Cabinet meeting on Sunday.

He questioned Washington's claim that bin Laden was killed by American troops in a hiding compound in Pakistan on May 1.

“If the US military and intelligence apparatus have really arrested or killed bin Laden, why don't they show him (his dead body) why have they thrown his corpse into the sea?” Moslehi asked.

“When we apprehended [former Jundallah ringleader Abdul Malik] Rigi, we showed him and also aired his interview,” ISNA quoted the intelligence chief as saying.

By releasing such false news, he said, the White House seeks to overshadow regional awakening.

Moslehi said US officials resort to such PR campaigns to divert attention from their domestic problems as well as their “fragile” economic situation.

US President Barack Obama claimed that Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces on May 1 in a hiding compound in Pakistan.

A US official later announced that bin Laden's body was abruptly buried at sea, falsely boasting that his hasty burial was in accordance with the Islamic law, requiring burial within 24 hours of death.

However, burial at sea is not an Islamic practice and Islam does not have a timeframe for burial.

US officials also claimed their decision for a sea burial was made because no country would accept bin Laden's remains, without elaborating on which countries were actually contacted on the matter.

Analysts, however, have raised serious questions as to why US officials did not allow for the application of a DNA test to officially confirm the identity of the corpse before its hasty burial.

The fact that bunkers exist is no secret, and as was pointed out in the aforementioned articles, there are many of them around the country. Rumor has it that the government has built literal underground cities spanning hundreds of thousands of square feet, complete with everything from nuclear power generation to facilities capable of manufacturing just about any modern day product. The idea is that in the event of a global cataclysm, the human race would be able to survive and thrive, without losing the technological advancements achieved over the last couple of centuries.

The following pictures come to us from a truck driver who has regularly delivered goods to bunker facilities. Most interesting is this individual notes that up until recently, security at these facilities has been somewhat lax and there was never really a visible law enforcement presence. The pictures below show parts of the inside of an underground bunker, as well as a newly visible Department of Homeland Security presence. What this means is for the reader to decide.

It is also important to mention that not all bunker facilities are wholly owned by the United States government. Many, like the one in Springfield, Missouri depicted in the video at the bottom of this article, are reportedly owned by private interests. These facilities have been carved out inside of existing mines and their purpose is not exactly clear, other than they are designed for housing large groups of individuals and/or supplies for extended periods of time – and they’re quite secure and almost impenetrable without heavy duty blasting equipment once the doors are shut.

For those who have researched continuity of government programs, you’re likely aware that in the event such actions need to be taken because portions of the US government have been decapitated, a secondary government infrastructure sits in waiting to take control. From the standpoint of emergency planning, plans for continuity of government are an important consideration in a free society. The problem, of course, is that the public is completely in the dark about COG directives and who will take over. From what we have been able to gather, COG doesn’t mean exactly what we think it might mean, which is to ensure survival of our fundamental principles as outlined by the US Constitution. Rather, it is believed that in the instance that our elected government falls apart, the replacement would be a self-appointed group of governors, complete with law enforcement and military, that would take control of day-to-day operations. Due to the secrecy surrounding COG, it is impossible to know what plans lie ahead, but private, unelected interests certainly will have a hand in any new government – much like they do now.

These private interests would include wealthy conglomerates who would likely be the only ones (for the exception of government directly) capable of building extensive bunker facilities like the ones shown below.
We must assume that the government and these private conglomerates will be acting in their own interests during a worst-case scenario. Thus, while those underground bunker facilities are peppered throughout the nation, it’s reasonable to assume that very few, if any, of those supplies will be delivered to those outside of the COG programs.

Unless you’re one of the chosen few, you’re on your own.

Editor’s Note: Large food manufacturers and other companies have been known to outsource storage of food, products, records, etc. to underground facilities. This may be the case with some of these underground cave facilities. Again, this is a conclusion that must be left up to our readers because we are operating with incomplete information.Via Godlike Productions:

I delivered at an underground storage facility in Lenexa Ks (south west suburb of Kansas City Ks) today and this is what I saw.
Funny thing is I have delivered to these facilities many times and have never even seen so much as a cop.
Today was different and a little strange.

The author goes on to further discuss the DHS presence, which is odd, especially if the facility is privately owned.Pictures via Photobucket:
It is unclear whether this particular facility is managed, funded and controlled directly by DHS because it is near a government facility:

One of the planks of the Communist Manifesto is the destruction or abolition of private property.

4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.Americans call it government seizures, tax liens, Public "law" 99-570 (1986); Executive order 11490, sections 1205, 2002 which gives private land to the Department of Urban Development; the imprisonment of "terrorists" and those who speak out or write against the "government" (1997 Crime/Terrorist Bill); or the IRS confiscation of property without due process. Asset forfeiture laws are used by DEA, IRS, ATF etc...).

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

As Americans attempt to bounce back from a recession, things still remain grim for much of the country, as the number of unemployment benefit applicants is at the highest it’s been in quite a while. Michael T Snyder of The Economic Collapse Blog discusses the state of the economy, as big businesses reap in more profits, all the while the amount of Americans on foodstamps is at an all time high.

During his 60 Minutes interview with CBS News last night, Barack Obama admitted that US intelligence was only 55/45 confident that Bin Laden was even in the compound raided last Sunday night, fearing that the occupant could actually have been a “prince from Dubai,” a skepticism shared by residents of Abbottabad, one of whom told the BBC that the man seen watching television in the tapes released by the White House Saturday was in fact his neighbor, not Bin Laden.
The relevant comments are made after the 10 minute mark.
“Obviously, we’re going into the sovereign territory of another country and landing helicopters and conducting a military operation. And so if it turns out that it’s a wealthy, you know, prince from Dubai who’s in this compound, and, you know, we’ve spent Special Forces in — we’ve got problems,” Obama told 60 Minutes host Steve Kroft.
“At the end of the day, this was still a 55/45 situation. I mean, we could not say definitively that bin Laden was there. Had he not been there, then there would have been significant consequences,” the president added.
The White House’s massive uncertainty that Bin Laden was even in the compound and that US forces could instead have been raiding a “prince from Dubai,” is interesting given the fact that the vast majority of neighbors who lived around the house in Abbottabad remain convinced that both the man who lived there and the individual shown watching television in the tape released by US officials Saturday was not Bin Laden.Read the entire article

Sunday, May 8, 2011

President Obama has nominated a new national security team that is has veteran establishment credentials and appear to create an even tighter nexus between intelligence agencies and the military. Obama announced the following appointments April 28:Secretary of Defense: Current CIA Director Leon Panetta (left) will replace Robert Gates, a rare cabinet holdover from the Bush administration. Panetta is a longtime Washington insider, having served as a Chief of Staff and OMB Director under President Bill Clinton and a congressman from California. Panetta will not be the first CIA officer to take over the Department of Defense, as Gates' official biography notes that "Secretary Gates joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1966 and spent nearly 27 years as an intelligence professional" including serving as CIA director 1991-93. CIA Director: Army General David Petraeus, currently serving as U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (Formally called the "International Security Assistance Force"), will retire from the U.S. Army and replace Panetta as CIA Director. Petraeus is a member of the establishment organization, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

U.S. Commander in Afghanistan: U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Allen will become commander of allied forces in Afghanistan, replacing Gen. Petraeus (CFR). Like Petraeus, Allen is a member of the establishment organization, the Council on Foreign Relations

U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan: Veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker (CFR), a former ambassador to Iraq and Pakistan, would serve as the new Ambassador to Afghanistan, replacing retired Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry (also CFR).

“I’ve worked closely with most of the individuals on this stage, and all of them have my complete confidence,” Obama said April 28 as he announced his appointments. “Given the pivotal period that we’re entering into, I felt it was absolutely critical that we have this team in place so we can stay focused on our mission…. I cannot think of a group of individuals better suited to lead our national security team during this difficult time." Each of the appointments will have to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Obama stressed that he had pressed Gates to remain as Secretary of Defense longer, despite the fact that he had served under Republican President Bush. "When I took office, Bob Gates had already served under seven presidents, and he carried a clock that counted down the days, hours, and minutes until he could return to Washington state with his wife, Becky," Obama said. "At some point along the way, Bob threw out that clock."

"Today we are a nation at war," Leon Panetta told reporters after his nomination, a phrase Obama repeated during his announcement. "And job one will be to ensure that we are the strongest military power in the world to protect that security that is so important to this country." Since the nominations were announced, the killing of Osama bin Ladin has eliminated the putative reason for U.S. military engagement in the Islamic world, as the American invasion of Afghanistan was predicated on the need to eliminate the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks in New York City and Washington, DC.

But President Obama gave little indication that a reduction in the U.S. military presence around the world would be reduced during his April 28 announcement of his appointments. "As people across the Middle East and North Africa seek to determine their own destiny, we must ensure that America stands with those who seek their universal rights, and that includes continuing to support the international effort to protect the Libyan people. And here at home, as we make the hard decisions that are needed to reduce America’s debt, we cannot compromise our ability to defend our nation or our interests around the world."

05/07/11There has never been such an opportunity for the US government to stage a false flag event in order to start yet another war as there is today. The set up is obvious to libertarians and some sane others, but it eludes most all Americans who are busy dancing in the street after the so-called killing of Osama bin Laden.

Consider the timing of this attack by US Navy SEALs, and then consider recent events. First, the economy is in shambles, unemployment is sky high, price inflation is excessive, and the US military has been bombing civilians in an attempt to assassinate Gaddafi, including murdering innocent little children. Our money is being destroyed before our eyes. The wars are not going well for the ruling elite, and Obama’s ratings are horribly low at the beginning of his presidential crusade. One very important factor is that criticism of these wars has been growing at an accelerated pace. Hatred of the insidious TSA is also becoming much more evident. While civil liberty destruction is still rampant, it is being questioned more often, and with increased intensity.What better reason then for an event to solidify the masses, and put them on guard for the now coming “terrorist” attacks due to the death of bin Laden. This stone kills a lot of birds it seems, and in my opinion this is no coincidence. In a matter of a few hours, the serfs were in the streets carrying flags, and screaming “God bless the USA.” All the media was abuzz with fervent displays of renewed patriotism.

But what came next should have been expected. We were told that the scourge of the east was dead. One would think that the head of the monster had been forever severed, and that the war would end, but that would not be the case. The politicians and talking heads in the media immediately went on the offensive, and stated that we should be even more vigilant in the war on terror because there will be more attacks due to bin Laden’s death.

Hillary Clinton began her talk by praising the troops for their “courage and commitment.” Yes, the troops had once again become our saviors, literally pulling us from the mouth of the beast. In her next statement she strongly exclaimed “we will continue taking the fight to al Qaeda and their Taliban allies.” She next talked about even more massive interference and imperialistic goals. “All over the world we will press forward, bolstering our partnerships, strengthening our networks, investing in a positive vision of peace and progress, and relentlessly pursuing the murderers who target innocent people.” (Emphasis added) Really! The US killing machine is going after all those who target innocent people, and all over the planet? That is hypocrisy beyond understanding.

These events are shaping future foreign policy, and the window of opportunity in my opinion is short. All that is necessary is to rally the sheep around the flag, and that was accomplished by the charade in Pakistan.Police in some areas have already increased security measures, and intelligence gathering has intensified. In New York, more police have been sent to patrol subways, airports, and bridges. This is just the beginning. More fear has been instilled in the minds of Americans once again, and conditions are ripe for a false flag event staged by those who would gain power and money with more war. Certainly, Obama has an obvious incentive to be the protector of the country given his current presidential run. But many others stand to gain from such an event as well.Read the entire article

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